Political Analyst and Author

byMichael Barone

1 article 2018

Michael Barone is a political analyst, journalist, and author best known as the principal co-author of 'The Almanac of American Politics.' A longtime commentator on American government and elections, he contributed to The Weekly Standard with writing on governance and constitutional principles such as free speech.

Michael Barone's Guide to Government: Free speech

January 23, 2018 · Freedom of Speech, Constitution, Hobby Lobby

The First Amendment to the Constitution does not impose, as some believe, “a wall of separation between church and state.” That phrase comes from a letter by Thomas Jefferson in 1802 to Connecticut Baptists, cited approvingly by Supreme Court decisions in 1878 and 1947.